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lucien
Joined: 03 Jun 2007
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Location: santa fe, NM
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 Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: FS II off market |
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Hi all,
Thanks to everyone who responded on my FS II, but I've decided again to take it back off the market.
The cons of keeping it simply don't outweigh the cons of selling it. I keep coming back to what I already got when I start thinking of a simple 2-stroke based airplane that flies UL-like that I can occasionally trailer.
It's paid for, it has the best motor/prop setup money can buy for it on it already, the fabric is professional-quality, the building of it was professional quality, I have all the tools I need to work on the motor, the airframe well it just doesn't ever need work, I have a trailer for it with some elbow grease can be made more convenient for trailering than it is now....
The titan looks like it's going to hold together for a long time so I think I can handle being without a large $$$$-hit-the-fan fund for at least the time being.
Besides, it's a Kolb that'll last thousands of hours, it flies just fine and I can keep my tailwheel chops up in it to boot.....
So it's kind of stupid give the thing away when it's about the best I can do for my low-slow/UL-type flying objective already. .
On the To-Do list, though, is some fixup of the trailer. The main problem with it right now is it's hard work to get the plane onto it. Getting the tail up onto the runner for the tailwheel is painful and getting the boom tube brace installed afterwards takes the strength of two strong men.
It's also open, which presents other problems, mostly things blowing and flapping in the wind as I go down the road...
I have some ideas on all this, though no good ones yet.
Anyway, thanks to all who responded...
LS
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Richard Pike
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 1671
Location: Blountville, Tennessee
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:06 am Post subject: FS II off market |
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Talk to Vince Nicely - he gets his off and on the trailer easy as pie.
Vince - talk to this guy!
Richard Pike
MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
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